Possible code changes to help with alignment

hi all,

as you know, scaling stuff for differing resolutions is a pain currently with python. you have to retrieve the width/height and use that info to scale where you place everything. this also has to be handled by python currently (ie in every script).

the ability to do the scaling within xbmc is ofcourse already there. i'm thinking of perhaps adding the ability for you to specify how python controls should be scaled in a single function call (ie basically specify somewhere in your script what resolution it is designed for, and then not have to worry about other resolutions at all)

the idea is you'd do something like:

xbmc.setscriptresolution(pal_4x3)

and if xbmc is running in a different resolution, it'll auto-scale the controls at render time.

please let me know what you think of this idea.

i'll probably also add xbmc.getresolution() at the same time so that if you want to, you can do custom setups for each resolution.

cheers,
jonathan

that is a great idea. would be nice to see that implemented.

yes it is a pain, this would be great.

would this scale just positions or could it also scale control's height and width. that would be nice, cause sometimes a controls position is based on another controls height/width.

yes, it'll scale both position and width and height. i'll take a look at how xbmc handles it at the moment (been a while since i wrote it) to see how easily it can be done.

sounds great :thumbsup:

will it also scale according to pal / ntsc?

if i remember right the skin contains different control positions for pal and ntsc.

bernd

dude that would be awesome, a lot of my favorite scripts dont have 720p support

ok, as promised, two new window functions have been added:

getresolution() - returns the current resolution that xbmc is running in. numbers between 0 and 9 inclusive - you can find them in guilib/graphicscontext.h, but here they are for reference anyway, including there frame sizes and pixel ratios.

hdtv_1080i = 0, (1920x1080, 16:9, pixels are 1:1)
hdtv_720p = 1, (1280x720, 16:9, pixels are 1:1)
hdtv_480p_4x3 = 2, (720x480, 4:3, pixels are 4320:4739)
hdtv_480p_16x9 = 3, (720x480, 16:9, pixels are 5760:4739)
ntsc_4x3 = 4, (720x480, 4:3, pixels are 4320:4739)
ntsc_16x9 = 5, (720x480, 16:9, pixels are 5760:4739)
pal_4x3 = 6, (720x576, 4:3, pixels are 128:117)
pal_16x9 = 7, (720x576, 16:9, pixels are 512:351)
pal60_4x3 = 8, (720x480, 4:3, pixels are 4320:4739)
pal60_16x9 = 9 (720x480, 16:9, pixels are 5760:4739)

this should help you to custom design for a particular resolution (eg a widescreen one).

setcoordinateresolution(long resolution)

this sets the coordinate resolution that you are using for the controls.

eg. you just design your script for (say) pal_4x3, thus having all coordinates designed so that it'll fit nicely onto a 720x576 drawing area (remember to allow for overscan!.

then you call setcoordinateresolution(pal_4x3), and if the user running your script is using 720p, xbmc will auto-scale all the control positions and sizes at render time up so that everything fits into 1280x720.

you can call setcoordinateresolution() whenever you like - it doesn't have to be before you create the controls, though that is the logical place to do so.

i haven't tested the above functions, so please test and report back on how fantastically it works

cheers,
jonathan

wonderful, wonderful! nice work

i don't have time to test right now, but i hope somebody else will

sweet dude, ill try it on the xmovie guide tonight when i get home from work :kickass:

:thumbsup: :bowdown: